Analysis of Our Breath
Teresa Sauvage 1960 (Illinois)
From dust we were formed; with Gods breath adorned.
The years have raced away.
Fall came and went, it seemed so fast.
We've seen our breath as Winter passed.
Our race is run; the sun is setting.
Our breath has slowed as we sit waiting.
For our Lord soon returns to gather his breath.
To adorn it upon whomever is next.
| Scheme | XX AA BB XX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Couplet |
| Metre | 1110111101 011101 11011111 111011101 1011101110 1011111110 110110111011 10110101011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 321 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 62 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
About this poem
I wrote this poem in 2020. My husband was in Hospice. It was a comfort to remember God was there from our first to last breath.
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